SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING WIDESCREEN FORMAT IMAGES USING A STANDARD FORMAT DISPLAY

摘要

A method and system for displaying widescreen video images. A stream of multimedia content (435) is received. A difference Ave in amplitudes of right R(t) and left L(t) channel audio signals contained in a portion of the stream of multimedia content is evaluated. A display sector identifier S(t) is determined correlating to the difference in amplitudes: The current display sector is also determined. A pan direction for panning within a presentation is determined from the current display sector and the display sector identifier.